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Heather Humphreys sticks with her portrayal of Catherine Connolly as a far-left politician
Heather Humphreys sticks with her portrayal of Catherine Connolly as a far-left politician
This led to Ms Connolly accusing the Fine Gael candidate of using 'the politics of fear' and 'the politics of smear'

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Let's stop putting employment barriers in front of people with criminal convictions
Let's stop putting employment barriers in front of people with criminal convictions
Understanding Garda vetting — what it is and what it isn't — is one of the first steps we must take towards rehabilitating those of us who have made mistakes

Mon, 13 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Catherine Connolly accuses Heather Humphreys of using 'politics of fear' in heated debate
Ms Humphreys cited Ms Connolly’s alignment with former MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace.

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Running for president in Ireland? Prepare to have your past — and your sanity — tested
Running for president in Ireland? Prepare to have your past — and your sanity — tested
Running for the presidency can turn from an honour into an ordeal, where every past misstep is exhumed and magnified beyond recognition

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Fianna Fáil’s campaign chaos exposed the cracks long hidden in Micheál Martin’s leadership
Jim Gavin’s abrupt exit from the presidential race has left Fianna Fáil reeling — and Micheál Martin’s leadership looking shakier than ever

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Theresa Reidy: Three reasons for the brutality of presidential elections
are tests of human endurance and discipline. Uniquely in the Irish electoral landscape, candidates are subjected to the most intense and invasive scrutiny of every aspect of their lives.  There are three reasons for this.

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Joe Brolly attends the game 17/3/2024
Heather Humphreys hits out at Joe Brolly's 'misogynistic' gesture
'I will stand up for mná na hÉireann against that type of intimidation,' candidate says as podcaster apologises for 'childish, crude, and inappropriate gesture' 

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Jim Gavin repays €3,300 owed to tenant 
Jim Gavin repays €3,300 owed to tenant 
A source close to the former tenant, Niall Donald, confirmed Mr Gavin had repaid him the €3,300

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly on hopes, fears, and daily routines
Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly on hopes, fears, and daily routines
Getting to know more about our two presidential candidates with questions about everything from morning routines and earliest memories to biggest fears

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Watch: Micheál Martin speaks about presidential election candidates during visit to Millstreet
Watch: Micheál Martin speaks about presidential election candidates during visit to Millstreet
Taoiseach responds to media questions about his views on the remaining candidates during his visit to the 43rd National Dairy Show

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

FIANNA FAIL REPUBLICAN PARTY SIGN
Fianna Fáil cancels draw to fund Jim Gavin's presidential campaign
All contributions to the national draw, which was slated to take place on October 29, will be refunded, a party spokesperson has told the 'Irish Examiner'

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Technically, Jim Gavin could still win this election
It's an unforeseen situation to have a candidate who has withdrawn on the ballot paper — what happens to the votes and the preferences — and can it be challenged?

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Pressure on presidential candidates to redraw focus on campaign
Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys will continue to pound the pavements for the next fortnight 

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: A week and a half — Budget blues and Gavin gone
The Mick Clifford Podcast: A week and a half — Budget blues and Gavin gone
Paul Hosford joins Mick to unpack Jim Gavin’s sudden exit from the presidential race and the fallout from Budget 2026

 Listen | Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

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Father helping son with his homework
Bernard O'Shea: Five things the President of Ireland can do that parents have to do all the time
The Irish President has surprising constitutional powers — but most of them look suspiciously like everyday parenting duties

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Catherine Connolly clarifies she would not hire someone on the sex offenders list
It followed Ms Connolly's comments during a Newstalk interview saying she would have to 'reflect' when asked if she would hire a rapist to Áras an Uachtaráin

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fail president
‘Devastated’ Micheál Martin apologises to Fianna Fáil for Jim Gavin fiasco as party orders review
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says he is 'devastated' by the collapse of Jim Gavin’s campaign as Fianna Fáil launches internal review

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin has been damaged, but he has a lot more fight left in him
Paul Hosford: Micheál Martin has been damaged, but he has a lot more fight left in him
After the Jim Gavin debacle, Micheál Martin faces anger within Fianna Fáil — but his instinct for survival endures

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Virus Outbreak Germany
Heather Humphreys campaign team uploads new video of Belfast trip after 'mistake'
Original video used a clip of the Bundestag in Berlin, with a German flag visible flying above, instead of Belfast City Hall

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Taoiseach: 'I’m not responsible for everything that unfolded' around Jim Gavin’s exit 
Taoiseach: 'I’m not responsible for everything that unfolded' around Jim Gavin’s exit 
Mr Gavin withdrew from the presidential campaign on Sunday evening after he failed to address questions surrounding €3,300 he did not repay to a former tenant

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Virus Outbreak Germany
'Mistake' made as Humphreys deletes video with German parliament building
On Wednesday, Ms Humphreys campaign uploaded a video of the visit, but in place of footage of Belfast City Hall, the video used a clip of the Bundestag in Berlin, with a German flag visible flying above

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Mick Clifford: Was it hubris that led Micheál Martin to dismiss Jim Gavin’s deficits?
Mick Clifford: Was it hubris that led Micheál Martin to dismiss Jim Gavin’s deficits?
While it appears unlikely that someone will emerge to take on a damaged Mr Martin, his departure will no longer be on his own terms

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fail president
Irish Examiner view: Jim Gavin crisis overshadows Budget 2026
Fianna Fáil TDs, including some in Taoiseach Micheál Martin's Cork base, criticise party's presidential election fiasco

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Jim Gavin tenant row shows a generational divide
The substance of the allegations against Jim Gavin deserve scrutiny because this issue is familiar to so many people 

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election 2025
Tenant issue was raised with Jim Gavin in early September — Jack Chambers
Jack Chambers said he would urge Jim Gavin to repay any funds still owed to his former tenant and that he had not spoken to him since Sunday

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Kieran Shannon: Jim Gavin a great football man not cut out for the senior hurling of politics
S Kieran Shannon: Jim Gavin a great football man not cut out for the senior hurling of politics
The scale of Jim Gavin’s fall and fallout means the private and public rehabilitation will take a long time.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
ieExplains: Will Jim Gavin's name stay on the presidential election ballot paper?
The former Dublin football manager dropped out of contention late on Sunday night

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Micheál Martin put ‘extensive pressure’ on Fianna Fáil TDs to back Jim Gavin
Micheál Martin put ‘extensive pressure’ on Fianna Fáil TDs to back Jim Gavin
Fianna Fáil TD James O’Connor criticises party leadership, saying intense pressure and poor judgment led to Jim Gavin’s failed presidential bid

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Irish Examiner view: Huge fallout from gamble on Jim Gavin
The perceived lack of a robust selection process angered and baffled many within his own party, and it was seen by political observers as an unwise gamble

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Fergus Finlay: I have no sympathy for Jim Gavin — the whole thing was grubby
S Fergus Finlay: I have no sympathy for Jim Gavin — the whole thing was grubby
This tawdry mess is throwing a cloud over the office of the presidency, and now our choices are unacceptably narrow 

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Dr Martin Mansergh funeral
Micheál Martin's position under threat as Fianna Fáil TDs smell 'blood in the air'
One TD suggested that it is '50/50' whether Mr Martin will still be Taoiseach at Christmas

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Louise Burne: Jim Gavin's doomed campaign could have been avoided if leadership listened to TDs
Louise Burne: Jim Gavin's doomed campaign could have been avoided if leadership listened to TDs
Jim Gavin’s short-lived presidential campaign reveals a Fianna Fáil divided, frustrated, and unwilling to rally behind its own leader’s pick

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Tadgh McNally: Taoiseach must answer why Fianna Fáil denied overpayment story
Tadgh McNally: Taoiseach must answer why Fianna Fáil denied overpayment story
Why, when this issue was discovered, was a clarifying statement not issued by the party and why was Mr Gavin unable to account for the matter during and after Sunday’s 'The Week in Politics' debate?

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

'He'd blown it': Jim Gavin was right to quit Áras race, say Cork voters
'He'd blown it': Jim Gavin was right to quit Áras race, say Cork voters
While there was some sympathy for Mr Gavin, the general consensus around Cork city centre was that he had no choice but to resign from the presidential election

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Martin Manseragh Funeral
Fianna Fáil asked Jim Gavin several times if he had difficulties with tenants, Taoiseach says
On RTÉ’s 'Six One News', Micheál Martin said he proposed Mr Gavin as the party needed a 'broad-based candidate who could have the potential to garner a significant degree of support across society'

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Paul Hosford: Fianna Fáil floods the airwaves to give air of calm control
By lunchtime, children's minister Norma Foley, Seán Fleming, Peter 'Chap' Cleere, and Pádraig O'Sullivan had also answered the call from RTÉ as the party's membership dealt with the fallout in different ways

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

‘So much more to unite than divide us’ – Heather Humphreys
‘So much more to unite than divide us’ – Heather Humphreys
Ms Humphreys spent the day in the Northern Ireland capital after the number of candidates shrank to two following the withdrawal of former Dublin football manager Jim Gavin

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

ieExplains: What does the Jim Gavin scandal mean for the presidential election?
ieExplains: What does the Jim Gavin scandal mean for the presidential election?
While TDs and senators are due to hold their weekly parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday, some are agitating for an earlier convening to discuss the fallout from Mr Gavin’s campaign

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

'Classless' Jack Chambers 'threw Jim Gavin under the bus', say Fianna Fáil TDs
'Classless' Jack Chambers 'threw Jim Gavin under the bus', say Fianna Fáil TDs
One Fianna Fáil source said Mr Chambers' position as deputy leader is under question

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Jim Gavin drops out of Áras race
The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: Jim Gavin drops out of Áras race
Irish Examiner acting political editor Paul Hosford joins Deirdre O'Shaughnessy to discuss what led up to Jim Gavin's decision to drop out; the pressure on candidates in the political race; and the repercussions for Fianna Fáil

 Listen | Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

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Irish presidential election
S Couple were expecting baby when fighting to get overpaid rent back from Jim Gavin
Jim Gavin withdrew from the presidential race on Sunday night after the issue came to light

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Terry Prone: Jim Gavin's withdrawal statement was ill-judged and showed no redemption
Terry Prone: Jim Gavin's withdrawal statement was ill-judged and showed no redemption
Resignations, apologies, and withdrawals are, in and of themselves, a route to redemption. Unfortunately for Mr Gavin, he did not take that redemptive route with his withdrawal statement

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Chambers: Jim Gavin’s account of rental dispute 'contradicted' by documents provided to Fianna Fáil
Chambers: Jim Gavin’s account of rental dispute 'contradicted' by documents provided to Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil's deputy leader has rowed in behind Taoiseach Micheál Martin and insisted due diligence was done on Jim Gavin before the former Dublin manager withdrew from the presidential election race 

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Billy Kelleher: Fianna Fáil did not do 'due diligence' before selecting Jim Gavin as presidential candidate
Billy Kelleher: Fianna Fáil did not do 'due diligence' before selecting Jim Gavin as presidential candidate
Billy Kelleher, who had hoped to run as Fianna Fáil's candidate, said there were 'multiple failures' in the campaign

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fáil 'a laughing stock' as Taoiseach under pressure following Jim Gavin's exit
Fianna Fáil 'a laughing stock' as Taoiseach under pressure following Jim Gavin's exit
One Fianna Fáil party source called Jim Gavin's short-lived presidential campaign 'a complete and utter f**k up from top to bottom'

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Paul Hosford: Jim Gavin's Áras race lasted two weeks. His exit may reverberate for much longer
Paul Hosford: Jim Gavin's Áras race lasted two weeks. His exit may reverberate for much longer
'Mr Gavin seemed genuinely surprised at the strength of media questioning he faced. Perhaps the consistent success he enjoyed as Dubs boss shielded him from this level of scrutiny'

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Fianna Fáil presidential election candidate Jim Gavin withdraws from race
'When I announced my intention to contest the presidential election, I did so in a spirit of lifelong public service and a love of country. That has always been my sole motivation,' he said

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Presidential election: Jim Gavin fails to answer questions about failure to register apartment
'I didn’t register it, yeah,' Mr Gavin said. He was also asked about reports that a former tenant of the rental property was not reimbursed rent he had overpaid 

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Louise Burne: Presidential poll gives candidates a jolt and leads to a (slightly) livelier second debate
All three candidates need to step it up on campaign trail

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Race to the Áras: Candidates clash on Russia, rent and border polls during tetchy second debate
All three candidates were asked about the lack of a debate in Irish, with Ms Connolly the only candidate who is fluent. 

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025

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